Posts Tagged: BDS
Scottish MP: Jewish Community Feels ‘Under Threat’
The Scottish Jewish community feels "under threat," Conservative member of Scottish Parliament Jackson Carlaw told Israel-advocacy group Stand With Us at a gathering in Glasgow on Sunday. “It’s true...
Indiana Measure Is Latest State-Level Setback for BDS Movement
JNS.org - The Indiana House of Representatives this week passed new legislation that targets businesses or other entities that engage in the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and...
An Iron Dome Against the Cultural Boycott of Israel
Prior to an Israeli Knesset conference this month concerning the delegitimization of Israel, MK Michael Oren called for a “legal and hasbara Iron dome.” The way...
Campus Watchdog Finds ‘Clear Relationship Between Anti-Israel Activism and Targeting of Jewish Students’
There is a "clear relationship" between anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions activism and the targeting of Jewish students on college campuses across the US, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, the...
Former Harvard President Larry Summers Calls BDS Efforts ‘Deplorable’
Former Harvard President Larry Summers called recent initiatives by US academic associations to boycott Israeli universities and academics deplorable, during a comprehensive discussion with The Weekly Standard's...
SPME BDS Monitor: Fighting Boycott Movement Begins to Show Results
The year 2015 ended with BDS supporters co-opting more campus governments and causes to discriminate against Jewish students. At the same time, more BDS resolutions...
To Win the War of Ideas, Israel Must Be the ‘Underdog’ Again
As humans, we instinctively root for the underdog. Movies and books exalt the underfunded, undereducated (and often underage) underdog in his fight against the polished...
Palestinian Incitement, Not Despair or Settlements, Is the Cause of Terror,
The BDS movement lies when it says that Palestinian violence is caused by “the despair of occupation and oppression.” If this were true, then why is it...
United Auto Workers International Overturns Local Union’s BDS Vote
Last year, BDS supporters went crazy when a local student workers union at the University of California voted to support BDS: Student workers at the University of California...
Israeli Reporter Causes Facebook Splash With Roger Waters Selfie at Haaretz Conference
Israeli Channel 2 news correspondent Amit Segal stirred audiences on Facebook on Sunday with a selfie of himself posing with Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bassist turned Israel boycott activist, at a Haaretz conference in...
Western Feminists Have Become ‘Stalinized’ and ‘Palestinianized,’ Says Prominent US Women’s Movement Pioneer (INTERVIEW)
"The feminism I helped found was based on women's rights," leading American feminist Phyllis Chesler told The Algemeiner on Wednesday, a week after the National...
Cyber Monday: Israeli E-Commerce Websites Work to Combat BDS
JNS.org - Black Friday 2015 has passed, but Cyber Monday is upon us, and several Israeli vendors are hoping to appeal to consumers on two fronts:...
BDS Gives Belgian-Jewish Actress New Lease on Life in Tel Aviv
In an interview with the Israeli site nrg on Wednesday, Belgian-Jewish stage actress Noemi Schlosser recounted immigrating to Israel after her career in Europe was...
On Visit to Israel, London’s Boris Johnson Bearish on BDS, Bullish on Trade
JNS.org - “It’s fantastic to see that cutting-edge technology, such as Cycle Safety Shield developed by Mobileye in Israel, is being utilized to help make London’s...
